Systemic manifestations and treatment of brown recluse spider bites

Cutis

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Elston, Dirk M ^a  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DAPSONE; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ACQUIRED HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG FEVER; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EDITORIAL; ENVENOMATION; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEADACHE; HEMOLYSIS; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MONONUCLEOSIS; NAUSEA; SKIN NECROSIS; SPIDER; SPIDER BITE; VOMITING;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; ARACHNIDISM; HUMANS;

EID: 12344256225     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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